11263690

On-Demand Rental of Electric Vehicles

PublishedMarch 1, 2022
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Technical Abstract

Patent Claims
18 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.

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1. A system, comprising: a processor configured to: determine dynamically during a ride that a location associated with an on-demand electric vehicle is associated with one or more restrictions; and use configuration data to enforce the one or more restrictions with respect to operation of the on-demand electric vehicle in connection with the ride; determine whether a rental associated with the on-demand electric vehicle has ended; update a database in response to the rental associated with the on-demand electric vehicle ending; and a communication interface coupled to the processor, wherein the communication interface is configured to receive an indication that the on-demand electric vehicle has fallen.

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2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine the location associated with the on-demand electric vehicle.

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3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more restrictions include a restricted area.

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4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more restrictions include an area subject to a speed restriction.

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5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the configuration data includes maximum speed data associated with the one or more restrictions.

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6. The system of claim 4 , wherein to use the configuration data, the processor is configured to apply the configuration data to modify a configuration of the on-demand electric vehicle.

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7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication interface is configured to receive an indication of the rental associated with the on-demand electric vehicle.

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8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the indication includes data associated with one or more sensors of the on-demand electric vehicle.

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9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to provide via a user interface information indicating that the on-demand electric vehicle is in a fallen position.

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10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the communication interface is configured to receive a selection of the on-demand electric vehicle and the processor is configured to update information provided by the user interface based on the received selection.

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11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the communication interface is configured to receive an indication that the selected fallen on-demand electric vehicle is in an up-right position and the processor is configured to provide an incentive associated with the selected fallen on-demand electric vehicle.

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12. The system of claim 1 wherein the communication interface is configured to receive location data associated with the on-demand electric vehicle and the processor is configured to: compare the received location data associated with the on-demand electric vehicle with one or more inefficient use zones; and determine that the on-demand electric vehicle is located in an inefficient use zone.

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13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the one or more inefficient use zones include at least one of a low demand zone, an high-saturation zone, or a high theft/vandalism zone.

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14. The system of claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine one or more efficient use zones for the on-demand electric vehicle.

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15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the processor is further configured to: provide via a user interface information indicating that the on-demand electric vehicle is located in an inefficient use zone; receive via the user interface a selection of the on-demand electric vehicle; and provide via the user interface a location of one or more efficient use zones for the on-demand electric vehicle.

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16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the communication interface is configured to receive an indication that the on-demand electric vehicle is located in one of the one or more efficient use zones and the processor is configured to provide an incentive associated with the on-demand electric vehicle.

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17. A method, comprising: determining dynamically during a ride that a location associated with an on-demand electric vehicle is associated with one or more restrictions; using configuration data to enforce the one or more restrictions with respect to operation of the on-demand electric vehicle in connection with the ride; determining whether a rental associated with the on-demand electric vehicle has ended; updating a database in response to the rental associated with the on-demand electric vehicle ending; and receiving an indication that the on-demand electric vehicle has fallen.

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18. A computer program product, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for: determining dynamically during a ride that a location associated with an on-demand electric vehicle is associated with one or more restrictions; using configuration data to enforce the one or more restrictions with respect to operation of the on-demand electric vehicle during the ride; determining whether a rental associated with the on-demand electric vehicle has ended; updating a database in response to the rental associated with the on-demand electric vehicle ending; and receiving an indication that the on-demand electric vehicle has fallen.

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Publication Date

March 1, 2022

Inventors

Travis VanderZanden
William Scott Rushforth

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